PhoncipleBone
Banned
Grabbed two bottles of the Stone Encore Chocolate Oatmeal Stout tonight. Still no Enjoy By here in KY. Grrr. Now thinking I should have gotten those when I was in CA last week. But, whatever.
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distantmantra
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Enjoy By doesn't always hit all Stone accounts.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Bah! Yeah, shoulda gotten a bottle of the black ipa that night. But I got Curieux that night instead.
distantmantra
Member
The tequila barrel beer they did for Bottleworks XV was really good.
Track 8 is so good, it's one of my favorite beers. Tastes like goddamn bourbon raisin bread. It's my favorite from them next to Duck Duck Gooze, but it's way more accessible. Got 2 bottles in storage, one from 2014 and one from 2015. Need to find an occasion to pop one open.
Wouldn't sit on Track 8 too long, definitely gets worse with time.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
Wasn't distributed to KY:
http://www.stonebrewing.com/beer/stone-enjoy-ipa/stone-enjoy-021416-unfiltered-ipa
Scroll all the way down for the distro map.
It's bewildering not knowing what to age and what to drink right away.
Guess it will just take time and experimentation as I haven't been at this long.
Anything with fruit added it seems like you wouldn't want to wait too long; but then again.. you have stuff like wine that kind of makes that thought illogical.
Dang, guess I'll be opening them soon then. Thanks for the heads up.
distantmantra
Member
I've got a 2011 Lou Pepe Framboise that I can't get myself to open. Probably should...
Argh. Serious first world problems.
Argh. Serious first world problems.
Don't do it alone though. Loons are made for sharing.
distantmantra
Member
Well yeah. I always share my Loons with friends.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Well then. We are spotty for Enjoy By stuff. Thanks.
distantmantra
Member
Wife is out town, parents keeping the kid overnight.
I'm at Cloudburst. Gonna hit Holy Mountain, Mollusk and then end up at Slowboat Tavern for Guy's night.
I'm at Cloudburst. Gonna hit Holy Mountain, Mollusk and then end up at Slowboat Tavern for Guy's night.
I might be heading your way Saturday, could drop one off for ya. Is there much Central State Brewing floating around BG? I read they distribute to KY but I can't remember ever seeing it
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I don't recognize anything on their beer list, so doubt they hit around here.
And I haven't checked around town since getting back from CA earlier this week, so no idea what leaked in. Although I did hear that barrel aged Prairie Bomb is hitting next week, which makes me happy.
Anything with any sort of adjuncts (cinnamon, vanilla, etc) you're going to want to drink fresh. Only beers I sit on on purpose are stuff like lambic or beers that are too boozy.
jealous
That was my plan tonight as well. Assuming I can get my wife to stop playing Destiny lol.
@PG2G: Thanks for the advice; I guess that makes sense. Most of these beers offer up a suggestion somewhere; if not on the bottle/label on the brewery site. I guess it'd just be nice to have a list of adjuncts and what they typically "do" over time; if something merely fades in flavor vs. changes in some way (and what people's opinion of said change.) I'll certainly be aging quite a few adjuncts so I guess I'll learn the hard way lol.
@PG2G: Thanks for the advice; I guess that makes sense. Most of these beers offer up a suggestion somewhere; if not on the bottle/label on the brewery site. I guess it'd just be nice to have a list of adjuncts and what they typically "do" over time; if something merely fades in flavor vs. changes in some way (and what people's opinion of said change.) I'll certainly be aging quite a few adjuncts so I guess I'll learn the hard way lol.
distantmantra
Member
Adjuncts don't age well regardless of what they are.
Coffee turns into green peppers.
Coffee turns into green peppers.
MacGurcules
Member
Oh man. I've tasted so many coffee beers that do that even when fresh. I typically blame it on using a roast that's too light. A lot of people seem to think that a lighter roast will give you more subtle flavors. In brewed coffee, maybe that's true. For a beer, you're going to lose most of the subtlety of the coffee, anyway. You're better going for a real dark roast. It means you can use less coffee and the high heat cooks off a lot of that disgusting vegetal stuff.
Every time I taste a green pepper coffee beer, it makes me wonder if they never properly piloted the stuff before production.
Well you mentioned the CBom aged fine for a year distanmantra; I imagine chocalate might age OK too.
edit: Either way appreciate the feedback, I'll definitely be buying less of the adjunct beers in the future for aging purposes. I've been buying 2 of everything so I just have too many to get through so almost by way of necessity some will end up aged. But I'll prioritize drinking them/bring them to parties, etc. based on the feedback here.
edit: Either way appreciate the feedback, I'll definitely be buying less of the adjunct beers in the future for aging purposes. I've been buying 2 of everything so I just have too many to get through so almost by way of necessity some will end up aged. But I'll prioritize drinking them/bring them to parties, etc. based on the feedback here.
I have one sitting in my cabinet but they're quite pricey, around $11 a 12oz bottle here. Would love to call it a regular drink down here since I've heard the flavor profile is comparable to Xocoveza but with that price I don't think I can.
newdayrocks
Member
I had it for the first time when visiting Austin, TX, last year. Really liked it, and wish I could find it locally.
distantmantra
Member
I had Bomb on tap last night at Slowboat Tavern. It was fine.
I'm not just saying that to be "cool" or anything. It wasn't bad, but I wasn't all that impressed with it.
Speaking of Slowboat, very cool little bar down in Columbia City.
I actually really didnt like Bomb! that much. Maybe i had a bad bottle, but i thought it was an acetaldehyde monster. Unbalanced and hot and weird.
I much prefer the Orval in your glass.
distantmantra
Member
I feel like Bomb is overly soy sauce-ish and one dimensional. [shrug]
That's not Orval in the glass. Holy Mountain's Covenant barrel-fermented saison. One of my favorite HM beers.
That's not Orval in the glass. Holy Mountain's Covenant barrel-fermented saison. One of my favorite HM beers.
distantmantra
Member
My wife got back from Boston this morning and brought me these beauties.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
There was one bottle of Bo & Luke on the shelf. I almost got it, but they had a bottle of Nates Coffee Stout as well, which I hadn't tried before. I feel I made the right choice.
whiterabbit
Member
I bought a 2 dollar can of IPA beer today that was disgusting! I had to throw it away. This has never happened to me before with a beer.
(I think it was Sierra Nevada.)
(I think it was Sierra Nevada.)
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I would say by style or brewery. And maybe date each bottle.
I've never done it, but it seems the most logical way.
Received a pretty awesome box from MA today. Have only had one beer from Trillium before, it was a damn good Ipa. Looking forward to trying these.
Also got an awesome box from Seattle last weekend. Got into the Holy Mountain and DE Garde already. Can't wait to try the Fremont
Yes, I have waaaaaay too much beer
Also got an awesome box from Seattle last weekend. Got into the Holy Mountain and DE Garde already. Can't wait to try the Fremont
Yes, I have waaaaaay too much beer
Did it by brewery/what can be aged and what needs to be consumed sooner than later
was a fun little process and now my stuff is finally in order
PhoncipleBone
Banned
ErnieMcCracken
Member
$25/4pack I think is "retail". Stores will obviously take advantage of hype and mark up accordingly.
So 9.75 (after conversion) is only 3.50 more than a bottle in the U.S. and you got a class...Not too bad of a markup
Thanks, I'm doing a lot better; braving a beer festival today.
And have enjoyed many a beer these last 2 weeks; probably more than normal since I've been so annoyed and drowning my sorrows lol.
cool, i don't feel too bad about it then, i'll drink it in the coming days and see how i like it
It's old, but I do respect the concept behind it.
It most certainly needs to be updated though!
Personally I think Germany do make some good beers though (like beers from Augustiner-Bräu).